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136 of Allah the Almighty. If these women are doing it of their own accord, even then it is shameful for their men who should have advised them that as an Ahmadi woman, they have dignity which should be safeguarded rather than taking her Purda off. Thus, both men and women, having purged all sorts of complexes, should adopt this practice in purity and must safeguard their Purda. Such women and men should learn from the precedents of the women of other religions who are adopting modest clothing after embracing Ahmadiyyat. Those who were nearly bare are now in modest clothing and are trying to comply with the commandments, whereas you are taking off your modest dress and reverting to short dresses, which gradually will lead to total unveiling. With the understanding of faith, to retreat rather than to make spiritual advancement and excel in the practice of Allah’s commandments, will only mire us again into the pit of ignorance. Then one commandment after another will be ignored and generations will drift away from faith. And thus, as I have already said, generations gradually abandon religion and then are doomed to destruction. (Address to Ladies at Jalsa Salana UK held on July 29, 2006, Al-Fazl International, June 26, 2015) At another occasion, while advising Ahmadi women in the same context, Huzoor Anwar atba stated: “Those who cast off Purda are in some sort of an inferiority complex. An Ahmadi woman should be devoid of all forms of inferiority complex. Rather, she should not have a complex at all. Be open if someone questions and let them know that expression of Purda and Haya is a fundamental divine commandment for us. I have witnessed that even in this Western environment, Purda observing women who do not have any complex are impacting the society positively due to their Purda. They are being considered as dignified. Therefore, cleanse your heart of the inferiority complex